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Litti Chokha

Litti Chokha is a famous traditional dish, eaten mainly in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. Litti is made of wheat flour balls stuffed with sattu and spices. This stuffing is known as Pitthi. Sattu is a popular flour in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar which is made from roasted bengal gram / chana dal. Sattu is a nutritious flour which is cooling in nature, rich in fibre, low in calories and light to the digestive system. In olden times, litti was cooked in the hot sand or clay oven. Nowadays, it is either cooked in a tandoor or oven. Hot litti is dipped in ghee and served with chutney and mashed eggplant, potatoes or tomatoes.

For this month's South Vs North Challenge, started by Divya of You Too Can Cook, Nupur of UK Rasoi has challenged the South Team with this healthy and delicious Bihari Litti Chokha. Litti chokha is easy and simple to make if you have sattu. But it may not be easily available in the Indian grocery store, but still you can make this flour at home. Hop over to Nupur's space for the sattu recipe. Litti is usually eaten as a snack but can also be served for lunch and dinner. This dish can be consumed long after being prepared, thus apt to carry during long journeys. Dipping the hot litti in ghee enhances the taste, so do no skip the ghee! The true flavor of chokha comes from mustard oil and roasted garlic, so do not omit them too.

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